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Naps…
A Writer’s Best Friend is a Nap… I have been taking too many of them since the anthology workshop, trying to get caught up on sleep while at the same time doing a ton of planning to really ramp back up my writing with some really fun projects. This fall is the anniversary of my first two short fiction sales 50 years ago, so I plan on celebrating that over the next year with a number of fun things. But right now, because of the nap that went on too long, I am behind and have to save time by doing a quick nightly blog. But it was still a…
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Thunder Mountain in a Storybundle…
Kris’s Editorial… Kris curated this fantastic time travel bundle, and wow does it have some great stuff in it, including Kris’s own GALLERY OF HIS DREAMS, plus a collection by Robert Jeschonek, and a novel by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert. Plus if you have never read the fantastic novels of Lisa Silverthorne or Kathryn Kaleigh, you are in for a couple of fantastic treats. And if you have never ventured into my Thunder Mountain series, included is the first book called THUNDER MOUNTAIN. So here is Kris’e editorial. Don’t miss this bundle, folks. It has some amazing reading in it. THE BIG TIME BUNDLE The Big Time Bundle –…
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Kris’s New Writing Challenge…
Starts Tomorrow (Wednesday) Runs from August 15th to September 30th. Every night those signed up get a letter from Kris talking about her day and writing and reporting her word count. Turns out it is great fun to follow along and I live here. (grin) Kris is doing these to stay focused on her writing as we wade through a bunch of crap in the business and since this is the third one, she says they are working. From her word count in the one ending today, I would say so. If you sign up for the $300 fee and can’t match her word count, you get the $300 in…
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Kickstarter Fun…
Kickstarter and Fiction… One of the main topics after hours and at dinners at the Anthology Workshop this last week was Kickstarter. That sort of makes sense since Loren L. Coleman was there and I was there. Loren did a 10 million dollar Kickstarter and I have done 42 of them now. There were a number of writers attending who had done varying sizes of campaigns along the way as well, so it was a popular topic for the week. So for fun here on my blog, as I get back in and revamp the Kickstarter Best Practices to update it some with Loren’s help over this next month, I…
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Workshop Updates
A Bunch of Them… Getting back on track with different projects and I thought I would first update the different workshop information and news before jumping back into more branding and stuff. — Special Workshops from the Pulphouse Kickstarter. All letters have been sent out with the links and codes to get into the different special workshops. The first session starts on Tuesday. If you were signed up and didn’t get a letter from me tonight, please check your spam filters because there are links in the letters. If not there, write me. — Anthology Workshop early August 2026. Sign-ups are open right now for the early-bird price of $750.…
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Kris New Writing Challenge
Kris New Writing Challenge Starts August 15th… And runs through September 30th. The one she is doing now ends on the 14th, just a few days away. Every night she talks about her day writing or not writing as the case may be in an email to everyone signed up. And if you don’t match her word count, you get what you paid in credit and if you beat her word count, you get double that amount in credit. (Lifetime Everything Subscribers, write me for the code.) I find it interesting to read her posts every night and I live with her. So motivational, fun, and learning. Don’t miss signing…
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The Fun Of In-Person Workshops…
And Sometimes Writer’s Conferences… Since it has been over four-and-a-half years since we have done an Anthology Workshop, I had forgotten one of the things I loved the most about them. The brainstorming and idea exchanging that goes on all the way through. Morning, afternoon, and into the night. In fact, late on Wednesday evening in the conference suite where we all got together after hours to talk, I was told about something one writer was doing and wow did that hit me. I’ve been looking for a new challenge for my fiction writing, something to drive me to the writing computer every day and get my pace back up…
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Last Day of the Anthology Workshop…
Bummed the Next One Is Two Full Years Away… This was so much fun, as much as I remember them being. And we got six new Fiction River volumes out of it, plus I bought eight stories for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Over 2025 we will be rebranding all of the Fiction River volumes, plus publishing these new six, so that will be exciting. Wow were there a lot of great stories. Now I need sleep, a full night’s sleep if possible.
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Day Three of Anthology Workshop
A Ton of Great Reading… And some fantastic brainstorming with other writers. Great food, planning for the future, and fun. I can’t believe it has been over four years since we did the last one of these. I am already looking forward to the 2026 one. Now to get a few hours of sleep so I can make it through the last few hours tomorrow.
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Day Two Of Anthology Workshop
Fantastic Fun!! Even though I only got a few hours sleep. Great stories, great conversations, way too much food. And most of all great people. So wonderful to have the Anthology Workshop back.